“Hurricane Katrina was the 3rd strongest and largest hurricane ever recorded to make landfall in the US” (dosomething.org)‚ with storm surges up top 20ft and wind speeds up to 175 miles per hour the final death toll was 1‚577 in Louisiana and another 238 in Mississippi for a total of 1‚836 deaths. Hurricane Karina reached up to a Category 5 hurricane‚ hurricane levees set up in New Orleans were only made for a Category 3. At one
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Reaction paper 1 The three topics I have picked for this reaction paper are “HURRICANE KATRINA‚ THE BOMBING OF BLACK WALL STREET AND GANGS”. I’ve picked these topics because I believe that to this day everything is still about being in control‚ racism and a touch of slavery which leads to gangs. Hurricane Karina: was the costliest and one of the deadliest hurricanes in the history of the United States. Most notable in media coverage were the catastrophic effects on the
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New Orleans Levee Improvement after Hurricane Katrina ------------------------------------------------- Course Project Elizabeth Sarmento Project Risk Management May 28‚ 2013 Table of Contents Table of Contents 2 New Orleans: A Perilous Future 3 Fault Tree One 6 Figure 1.1 6 Fault Tree Two 8 Figure 1.2 8 Conclusion 8 A bibliography 9 Introduction New Orleans: A Perilous Future The levees and floodwalls protecting New Orleans from hurricane’s and floods were designed
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most persuasive? Least persuasive? Setting aside the philosophical and legal issues this case raises‚ what are the management or efficiency arguments for and against a more centralized response to large national disasters like Hurricane Katrina? Why would we not want to have a federal fire department? If the federal government tells the states and cities they will receive no assistance in the event of a disaster‚ what do you think will happen? personal responsibility
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Hurricanes and earthquakes are two of the most dangerous natural disasters in the United States. They can be very disastrous and deadly. In the United States‚ there have been 73 hurricanes since 1954. Earthquakes are harder to detect because they have to have at least a magnitude of 5 ("Earthquakes per year‚" 2009). The amount of earthquakes detected in the United States was 1656 in the past 10 years ("Earthquakes per year‚" 2009). The World Meteorological Organization is the organization that can
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Gloria S. Mainor gmainor@troy.edu Dr. Robert Pullen SOC 2275 30 Sept 2012 Martin Luther’s Impact on Racism in America Today’s (1) society has a lot of problems. After hundreds of years racism still plays its role in our (2) culture. (3) Racism is mostly associated with how African Americans were treated during slavery times and during the 1950s-1960s when Martin Luther King‚ Jr. marched for the black (4) minority. Martin Luther King‚ Jr. was a man with great (5) charisma
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Hurricanes Audience: Classmates and Instructor of Summer semester Communications class at Austin Peay University. General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience of what a hurricane is‚ background information on some of the worst hurricanes in history and how to prepare for a one. Thesis: Hurricanes are one of the worst natural disasters but with a little bit of knowledge and some preparation you can greatly improve your chances of coming out of a hurricane unscathed
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Racism‚ a big problem in America. Even today‚ people are being harassed because of their skin color . But going back to 1960‚ we can see how big racism was‚ and how it made a big impact on America. Leaders‚ politicians and regular everyday people stood up against it. A leader‚ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered because he stood up for african americans’ equal rights. he would lead calm‚ peaceful protest because he thought that violence would not solve the answer. He often got death threats
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How much do you know about tornadoes and hurricanes? This is an essay about hurricanes and tornadoes. In this essay there will be comparison and contrast. Also two key points on hurricanes and tornadoes. And also the destruction that both cause. Tornadoes usually cost 500 dollars in repairs‚ according to source two. In the United States there is a certain area‚ called "tornado Ally." This is where the strongest tornadoes hit the U.S‚ I got that in formation from source two. In the U.S. if a tornado
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Essay Assignment GE-253 Hurricanes Have you ever heard tropical storms pushing winds up to 200 mph and causing destruction everywhere? A true beast of nature we call a hurricane. These hurricanes can show up at any time to make a mess of things. To fully understand hurricanes we have to peer into the history‚ calculate the physics‚ plot the storm’s movements and actions‚ respect the power of such storms‚ and prepare ourselves if a storm is headed our way. A lot of hurricanes have happened up until
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